Built-in Assessment Fraud Detection You Can Trust
AuraSync includes fraud detection that protects the integrity of every assessment. It verifies the person taking the assessment, monitors the session in real time, and flags suspicious activity for review, so hiring teams can rely on the results.
Identity verification and live monitoring
AuraSync checks that the right person is taking the assessment and monitors the session as it happens, helping catch impersonation and other suspicious activity automatically.
Hard to game by design
Because AuraSync measures how candidates actually behave in realistic scenarios rather than scoring self-reported answers, there is no single 'correct' response to memorize or share, making the assessment inherently harder to cheat.
Fair, explainable, and secure
Integrity flags are backed by an audit trail and reviewable by your team, and candidate data is handled with access controls, encryption, and configurable data-retention policies.
An assessment platform with fraud detection built into the ATS
Most hiring teams bolt a separate proctoring vendor onto their assessment tool, and bolt that onto their applicant tracking system. AuraSync is an ATS assessment platform with fraud detection built in: identity verification, online assessment proctoring and the resulting integrity evidence all live on the same candidate record as the resume, the assessment report and the interview feedback.
Fraud detection is an optional part of the AuraSync Intelligence Layer and can be switched off for an individual candidate, for example as an accommodation.
How the AuraSync proctoring workflow works
Every proctored assessment follows the same workflow, from the candidate's first screen to the recruiter's review.
- Notice and consent: before starting, the candidate is told what is monitored during the assessment and must agree before the assessment can begin.
- Identity baseline: a short camera calibration captures several frames and builds a reference representation of the candidate's face for the identity checks that follow.
- Environment check: the candidate shares their whole screen and enters fullscreen, and AuraSync checks for additional monitors and virtual-camera software before the first question.
- Live proctoring: the browser records integrity events throughout the session, and the candidate's webcam is checked against the identity baseline about every ten seconds.
- Warnings: a counted violation shows the candidate a numbered warning, so they know exactly where they stand. By default the third counted violation ends the session, and the hiring team is notified by email.
- Recruiter review: the hiring team sees a timestamped timeline of proctoring events for the attempt. A candidate whose session was ended is placed on hold and cannot be shortlisted or moved forward until a recruiter reviews the record, and only a recruiter can release or reinstate them.
Proctoring events AuraSync detects
Each event is logged with a timestamp, a severity, the question the candidate was on and the action taken, so a reviewer can see what happened and when.
- Identity: the face on camera does not match the candidate's baseline, no face is visible, or more than one face is in view.
- Focus: switching to another tab, leaving fullscreen, or the assessment window losing focus.
- Screen: stopping the screen share, connecting additional monitors, content overlaid on the assessment, and signs of a remote-desktop or virtual-machine session.
- Devices: virtual-camera software in place of a real webcam.
- Page actions: copy, cut and paste, select-all, right-click, printing, developer-tools shortcuts and screenshot keys.
Designed not to penalize honest candidates
Assessment integrity only helps hiring if honest candidates are not caught in it, so the proctoring is tuned to separate a momentary glitch from a pattern.
- Repeated events within a few seconds count once, so a single slip is not a string of violations.
- An identity violation needs consecutive failed face checks, not one bad frame from poor lighting or movement.
- Some signals are recorded as observations without counting as a violation, such as a second face briefly in view or a window losing focus while the assessment is still visible.
- There is no opaque integrity score: reviewers see the individual events behind every flag.
- An integrity flag is a signal for a person to review, not a finding of misconduct, and the hiring decision always stays with the hiring team.
Evidence without screen recordings
AuraSync's proctoring records events rather than recordings. It does not save screenshots of the candidate's screen or webcam snapshots as proctoring evidence: webcam frames sent for identity checks are compared against the baseline and not kept, and the event log records what happened and when.
Browser-based proctoring is a deterrent and a source of evidence, not a guarantee. It cannot see, for example, a second device held outside the camera's view, which is one reason AuraSync pairs proctoring with an assessment that looks at how candidates respond in role-relevant scenarios rather than at answers that can be looked up.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does AuraSync have fraud detection?+
Yes. AuraSync includes built-in fraud detection that verifies candidate identity, monitors assessments in real time, and flags suspicious activity for review so hiring teams can trust the results.
Does AuraSync prevent candidate impersonation?+
Yes. AuraSync verifies that the person taking the assessment is the enrolled candidate, helping detect impersonation while the assessment is in progress.
Is fraud detection fair to honest candidates?+
Yes. Integrity decisions are backed by a reviewable audit trail rather than an opaque score, so they can be checked with evidence.
What is an ATS assessment platform with fraud detection?+
It is an applicant tracking system that runs candidate assessments itself and protects them with identity verification and proctoring, so integrity evidence sits on the candidate's record next to the assessment results. AuraSync is an ATS assessment platform with fraud detection built in, so hiring teams do not need a separate proctoring vendor.
What proctoring events does AuraSync detect?+
AuraSync detects identity events (a face that does not match the candidate's baseline, no face, or more than one face), focus events (tab switches, leaving fullscreen), screen events (screen share stopped, additional monitors, overlays, remote-desktop or virtual-machine signals), virtual-camera software, and page actions such as copy, paste, printing, developer-tools shortcuts and screenshot keys.
Does AuraSync detect tab switching and copy-paste during an assessment?+
Yes. Switching tabs, leaving fullscreen, and copying, cutting or pasting are all recorded as proctoring events with a timestamp, and they count toward the candidate's warnings.
What happens when a candidate triggers a proctoring warning?+
The candidate sees a numbered warning so they know where they stand. By default the third counted violation ends the assessment session, the hiring team is notified by email, and the candidate is placed on hold until a recruiter reviews the event timeline.
Does a proctoring flag automatically reject a candidate?+
No hiring decision is made automatically. Repeated violations can end the assessment session, but the candidate is then held for review rather than rejected: a recruiter looks at the evidence and decides whether to release, reinstate or move on, and can dismiss a flag they judge to be a false alarm.
Does AuraSync record the candidate's screen or webcam for proctoring?+
No. Proctoring saves an event log, not screenshots or webcam snapshots. The candidate shares their screen so the browser can check for things like overlays, and webcam frames are compared against the identity baseline without being kept as proctoring evidence. The assessment itself uses the camera and microphone as described in the Privacy Policy.
Do I need a separate proctoring vendor with AuraSync?+
No. Identity verification and online assessment proctoring are part of AuraSync's fraud detection, which runs inside the same platform as the ATS and the assessments.
Can proctoring be turned off for a candidate?+
Yes. Fraud detection can be switched off for an individual candidate, for example as a reasonable adjustment, while the rest of the assessment runs as normal.